Scientific Linux Security Update : boost on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)

The boost packages provide free, peer-reviewed, portable C++ source libraries with emphasis on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library. Invalid pointer dereference flaws were found in the way the Boost regular expression library processed certain, invalid expressions. An attacker...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kdegraphics on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64

Maurycy Prodeus discovered an integer overflow flaw in the processing of PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause kpdf to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2007-3387 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive te...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the MIT Kerberos KDC processed principal names that were not null terminated, when the KDC was configured to use an LDAP back end. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the KDC via a specially crafted request. CVE-2011-0282 A denial of...

Scientific Linux Security Update : util-linux on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was discovered in the way that the mount and umount utilities used the setuid and setgid functions, which could lead to privileges being dropped improperly. A local user could use this flaw to run mount helper applications such as, mount.nfs, with additional privileges CVE-2007-5191...

Scientific Linux Security Update : pidgin on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2694 pidgin: insufficient input validation in msnslplinkprocessmsg Federico Muttis of Core Security Technologies discovered a flaw in Pidgin's MSN protocol handler. If a user received a malicious MSN message, it was possible to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user...

Scientific Linux Security Update : xen on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Xen was found to allow unprivileged DomU domains to overwrite xenstore values which should only be changeable by the privileged Dom0 domain. An attacker controlling a DomU domain could, potentially, use this flaw to kill arbitrary processes in Dom0 or trick a Dom0 user into accessing the text...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype for SL4 , SL5

An invalid memory management flaw was found in the way the FreeType font engine processed font files. If a user loaded a carefully-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML content. Malicious HTML content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. CVE-2011-0051, CVE-2011-0053 Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default i...

Scientific Linux Security Update : poppler on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the way poppler displayed malformed fonts embedded in PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause applications that use poppler -- such as Evince -- to crash, or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2008-1693...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openldap on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way OpenLDAP handled authentication failures being passed from an OpenLDAP slave to the master. If OpenLDAP was configured with a chain overlay and it forwarded authentication failures, OpenLDAP would bind to the directory as an anonymous user and return success, rather th...

Scientific Linux Security Update : nfs-utils on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the nfs-utils package build. The nfs-utils package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. CVE-2008-1376 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text...

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

An integer overflow flaw causing a heap-based buffer overflow was found in the libxml2 XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2008-4226 A denial of service...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was discovered in the way Ruby's CGI module handles certain HTTP requests. If a remote attacker sends a specially crafted request, it is possible to cause the ruby CGI script to enter an infinite loop, possibly causing a denial of service. CVE-2006-6303 An SSL certificate validation flaw w...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x i386/x86_64

Several use-after-free flaws were found in Firefox. Visiting a web page containing malicious content could result in Firefox executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. CVE-2010-0175, CVE-2010-0176, CVE-2010-0177 A flaw was found in Firefox that could allow an applet...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kdegraphics on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in KPDF's JBIG2 decoder. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause KPDF to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened. CVE-2009-0147, CVE-2009-1179 Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in KPDF's JBIG2 decoder. An...

Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font engine processed TTF font files. If a user loaded a carefully crafted font file with a program linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code. While it is uncommon for a user to explicitly...

Scientific Linux Security Update : conga on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)

The conga packages provide a web-based administration tool for remote cluster and storage management. Multiple cross-site scripting XSS flaws were found in luci, the conga web-based administration application. If a remote attacker could trick a user, who was logged into the luci interface, into...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kvm on SL5.x x86_64 (20120221)

KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. KVM is a Linux kernel module built for the standard Scientific Linux kernel. It was found that the kvmvmioctlassigndevice function in the KVM subsystem of a Linux kernel did not check if th...

Scientific Linux Security Update : squirrelmail on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2964 squirrelmail: CSRF issues in all forms Form submissions in SquirrelMail did not implement protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF attacks. If a remote attacker tricked a user into visiting a malicious web page, the attacker could hijack that user's authentication, inject...

Scientific Linux Security Update : perl-Net-DNS on SL3.0.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the way Net::DNS generated the ID field in a DNS query. This predictable ID field could be used by a remote attacker to return invalid DNS data. CVE-2007-3377 A denial of service flaw was found in the way Net::DNS parsed certain DNS requests. A malformed response to a DNS...